pc_07 11 1996LITTLE ROCK PLANNING COMMISSION
PLANNING HEARING
SUMMARY AND MINUTE RECORD
JULY 11, 1996
3:30 P.M.
I. Roll Call and Finding of a Quorum
A Quorum was present being ten (10) in number.
II. Approval of the minutes of the May 23, 1996 meeting.
The minutes of the last meeting were approved as
mailed with one modification on attendance for
Commissioner Lichty.
III. Members Present:
Members Absent:
Ramsay Ball
Sissi Brandon
Hugh Earnest
Doyle Daniel
Herb Hawn
Bill Putnam
Mizan Rahman
Suzanne McCarthy
Pam Adcock
Ron Woods
City Attorney: Cynthia Dawson
July 11, 1996
Planning Hearing
ITEM NO.: A
SUBJECT:
Land Use Plan Definition -
Suburban Office
PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: (JULY 11, 1996)
Tony Bozynski, Planning Staff, reviewed the issue and described
the process that the Plans Committee used to develop a new
definition for Suburban Office. Mr. Bozynski said that the lack
of public input during the Plans Committee review of the proposed
definition had become an issue. After some discussion, it was
decided to defer the matter and to allow the public to submit
written comments to the staff. The item was deferred from the
July 18, 1996 meeting to the August 1, 1996 hearing.
July 11, 1996
Planning Hearina
ITEM NO.: 1
NAME/SUBJECT: 1996 Zoning Ordinance
Amendments
REQUEST: That the Commission hold a
review and instruction hearing
for purposes of receiving
public comment.
STAFF REPORT:
At its meeting May 23, 1996, the Commission was presented with
draft 3 of the 1996 Ordinance Amendments. This draft is the
proposal of the Plans Committee and Staff after having worked
through numerous changes over several months.
Staff performed the typical mailing of materials to the comments
and contacts list. This was accomplished several times and a
final memorandum was mailed on June 6, 1996 asking for comments
and advising of the public hearing date.
A legal ad was published in the Daily Record as required.
The fifty-two proposals included in this package involve the
following areas of change:
• 5 bulk and area modifications. These deal with how lots are
utilized by structures.
• 21 use regulation changes. These are placement changes which
insert a new or redefined use in the various districts.
• 18 procedural changes which deal with how the staff,
applicants, owners, Planning Commission or City Board review
applications.
• 10 definition modifications or new. Definitions being the
base for all use placement and identification.
Absent changes introduced by the Commission or others, Staff
proposes to forward this material for review by the Board of
Directors and submit the Ordinance for adoption.
PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: (JULY 11, 1996)
Cynthia Dawson, of the City Attorney's Office, presented to the
Commission a statement concerning the City Attorney's recent
review of the amendment package. She offered that there were a
July 11, 1996
Planning Hearing
ITEM NO.: 1 (Cont.
number of areas where the City Attorney's Office determined that
there was language that needed to be cleaned up while properly
structured to make it work better and be more enforceable. There
were revised copies provided later in the hearing for the
commissioners for their review.
There was no discussion of the specifics of the material in the
package. After a brief discussion, it was determined by the
Commission that a deferral of this item would be in order. The
deferral to the August 15, 1996 Planning meeting. A motion to
that effect was made and passed by a vote of 10 ayes, 0 nays and
1 absent.
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July 11, 1996
There being no further business before the Commission, the
meeting was adjourned at 3:55 p.m.
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